The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-21
A POLYdlflC FAMILY.
THE WAY MORMON MANAGES
AfX OR sewn WlVss.
Dividing His Time Amo7g His Hep.
Mates--Taklng Them Out and
Dressing ihtm.
salt Lake City Correspondent OF tho Globe
Dsmoerat.

. Salt Lake City Corrcspo donce OF tho Glob,
Democrat.
| interviewed half dozen Nor
mon ladies in q group today.
Three OF hem we're wives uf Amos.
/ ties, and the husbands OF most OF
them are 10 bidla1. 1 promised
not to mention their names aud
mean 10 keep faith with them. |
, asked them for their experiences in
polygamy, and particularly for an TO-
sight into the manner Ia which a
Mormon husband, with six or seven
families on his hands, managed TO
ruo things smoothly ADD keep The
white winged angel OF peace hover
Ing over lis ex ens We household.
That last question is not easy TO
answer, one OF the ladies replied.
Il have been in polygamy o,er forty
years, aud | have never beard any
rule laid down Tor a mans conduct
toward his family. The mode of lie
OF a husband in the celestial order OF
marriage, Tor that is what we call
polygamy, depends very much upon
the kind OF Individual he is. He
must be man OF Judgment in
addition to being honest, sincere.
pure and holy He must understand
human nature and o sess tie pitt
OF governing Ho -must know how
to meet complaints and be quick u
dc do OF all matters of domestic
polity. III. should and generally
does have keen sense Of justice AID
# he is inclined 10 favor ary one of
his wives he should pOss So the actors
kill OF puttlUg on aud Oft his emo
tions at pleasure. SINE men make
a mistake by going Into polygamy-
they are the men who are Incapable
OF q 'verDiDg, who, 10 fact. are domi.
neered anu driven by the wives. or
by me OF their wives, aud whose
households are 10 cons, queuce any.
thing but .peac ful and happy. DIS.
cusslo0s In pUlygamic iamll lies are.
however, as lew rs the same troubles |
IN IDouogamic fanilits, aud they
arise from nearly the some causes
You must know that It Is not every |
man who can enter into pvlygamy.
People thilk that all man has 10 |
do TO get halt dozen wives is 10 lust
become a Mormon, but let those |
people try IL and they will SEQ how
greatly mistaken they re. To enter
into poly gamy Mormon must have
such standing IN the church and
community that his bishop can rec. |
ommend him to the Temple, AID aft
er the bishop recomm nds the
President OF the Safe aud, 6oally,
the First President OF the Church |
must pass upIn his credentials. He
must he a sober aud Industrious
man, with means for the support Of
plural wives, and he must be willing
20 live up to the gospsl OF Jesus
Christ and 10 endure the sacrifices
which polygamy entail To the out
side world husband ia polygamy
seems TO have q very rosy time of IL.
bat the outsiders are greatly mis-.
taken. The wives. 100, mu.t put up
with mauy sacrifices. think the
celestia order q marriage beauties
aomsn's character; il renders her
yielding and piable, and subdues
those feelings that make women
vi KIDD aud wild ~ times. BY this |
do not mean that women sacrifices
any part of her dignity. Strangers
come 70 my door and ask. Don't You
wives fghtY aud | answer III m.
Yes, sometimes; don't your Then
they say: We do not see how You
ian be satisfied TO
SHARE A HUSBANDS LOVE
with another woman ar with four or
i've other women tell them that
We do no such thing. You do not
know what love Is, | say TO them.
Whom my husband took me for
wife he promised and bound himself
by the holest vow. known 10 man or
woman 10 love, honor ADD cherish
me, not Tor time, as You folks do. but
Tor all eternity. Now either he
loves me or he does not love me.
Love l. not thing that CO. be d.
yided ard doled around. | amsure
though, | say 10 them, that my hus.
band loves me, aud 1 am sure al.o
that his love for inc does not prevent
him from loving other women with
whom he has made solemn cove
nants. Non. Mormon women cannot
understand this, but we have the
testimony 81 the gospel that this is
The only true and pure and holy way
10 live.
But you want TO know how We /,
i've the lady continued Just :
bow we have no hushand-the law !
will not permit our husbands 10 speak
. or visit us, let alone live with us.
We are irving IN keep them out OF 4
,risnn. The conditions have been Z
hanged 10 this Territory In the past !,
CIV years. since the Edmunds Tuck.
II act went into effct Indeed, tho !,
conditions have been constantly !.
hanging since we came into this l.
'alley. The first corners had moth. 4
az but their hands and hearts and =
Inpe in God. II they possessed sew 4
raj wives tho cha ccs are each wife u
lept 10 q covered wagon, from which =,
he wheels had been removed. | /.
ave in mind family II Eve wives -
nd twenty children that did this. >,
upplics we're scarce, and the four, y
TO-, were W. iehed to each one every =,
ay. The allowance was probably -
40 and q hal pounds Of -four to "
ach person. Later, house was =,
uilt with n room Cor each wife, and "
kitchen and dining room beside. =,
alter still, as the husband acquired =,
cans, separate buildings were pro. "
Idcd Tor his wives. How did he divide o,
p his time am ing his wives? | -
on't know. Icannot speak OF auy. ~
idys husband but my own. lie ~ ~
'd Fix wives. Now BIO has FIVE, one :"
'vins died. Three Of his wives n
we'd 10 what We called tho big house; ~
10 lived In a house Ia the tenth 81
ard, and another lived 10 a cottage ~
her own 10 another part OF tho an an
wn; That is the manner in which =
wives we're divided up. Our hus. n
nd generally did as he pleased. "